"...While rising to the challenge of entry by
troops in their homeland, the friends in Pakistan need also to pay special
attention to their long-sufferingAfghan neighbors, who cry out for
the Healing Message of Bahá'u'lláh, the one true balm for their afflictions..."

Afghanistan, although located in the neighboring of
Iran, from which the Bahá'í Faith arose, has not been succeeded fully to speared the
Bahá'í Faith within the country. This, indeed, is the result of the King,
political and
religious leader's gropingly prejudice. Even with this many
hardships from the government and religious leaders, after 1919 many Afghans
accepted the Bahá'í Faith within and outside the country. It was not until 1965
that the Bahá'í Faith started to spread throughout the country by Afghans themselves.

1966 -First Afghan Bahá'í Community in Kabul was
established

1969 -First Afghan Local Spiritual Assembly of
Afghanistan was elected.

1970 -Four other Local Spiritual Assemblies were
established nationwide.

1978 -Bahá'ís were imprisoned during the USSR
(Soviet Union) invasion of Afghanistan

1978 -Bahá'ís were released from
prison after 14 months.

After changes of government and civil wars, some (but not all) Afghan Bahá'ís left the country and went to the following lands: Iran, Pakistan, India, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Russia, Kouite, Dubai, Qatar, Germany, Holland, United States and Canada. There might be many Afghan Bahá'ís living in other countries, but they have not contacted us as of now.

1979 - Due to civil war Afghan Bahá'ís lost contact within the provinces.

1986 - A National Baha'i Committee (5 members) was created under the guidance of Universal House of Justice.

1987 - Three Local Spiritual Assemblies were elected in Kabul province

1995 - The Local Spiritual Assembly of Mazar-e Sharif was elected.

1998 - (2nd of May) Under Taliban regime many Afghan Bahá'ís were imprisoned and the rest were forced to leave the country. A majority went to Pakistan . Some other Afghan Bahá'ís who were not in the initial arrest and did not leave the country were imprisoned and released within this period. These imprisonments included man women and children of all ages.

1998 - (October) After the enforcement of International Community and Universal House of Justice the last Afghan Baha'i was released from prison.

2002 - After the establishment of the new government many Afghan Bahá'ís returned to their homeland from all neighbor countries, mostly from Pakistan , Iran and India .